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The following account of the plants Mr Jameson 

 gathered in Greenland, with the altitudes at which 

 they occur, I cannot do better than give in his own 

 words. 



P On the sea-shore we found Cochlearia officinalis,, 

 Statice armeria ; and in one or two places, where 

 the soil is sandy, Arundo arenaria. Immediately 

 above this, Lychnis dioica, Alopecurus alpinus, Po- 

 tentilla sericea, Empetrum nigrum; and among 

 the large stones detached frpm the higher ground, 

 Stellaria humijusa. The banks of those periodical 

 streams which run down the sides of the mountains, 

 produce Eriophorum angustifolwih Saxifraga stella- 

 ris, S. cernua, SteUavi&graminea, Humexdigynus, 

 Arabis alpina, Draba alpina, var. fipre albo, and 

 Ranunculus nivalis. These occur at a very mode- 

 rate elevation. 



^ " Higher up, or about the altitude of 300 feet, and 

 growing among debris, Papaver nudicaule, Ceras- 

 tium latifolium, Silene acaulis, Potentilla sp. nov. 9 

 Saxifraga Grcenlandica, S. tricuspidata, S. opposi- 

 tifolia, Pedicularis hirsuta, V.flammea, P. recuti- 

 ta? Draba alpina, D. stellata, Stellaria biflora, 

 Azalea Lapponica 9 and Salix herbacea. Three 

 plants remain to be mentioned, which, taken 

 together, constitute the greater proportion of 

 the vegetation of the country. These are Vac- 

 cinium uliginosum, Andromeda tetragona, and 

 Dryas integrifolia. The two former, in par- 

 ticular, cover extensive tracts of land, and oc= 



